Friday, September 1

The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.

Diogenes Laertius

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Guiding Questions: What is the purpose of education? Are schools achieving this purpose?

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Bell Ringer: Word Study

You might want to use this link to Wordnik.com or to Dictionary.com

• Induction
• Idiosyncratic
• ballast
• banal
• ambiguity
• paradigm

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• Read Aloud: LOC book pg.87-88

• Video: Dead Poet's Society - "Studying the Masters"

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Mini-Lesson: Exemplification

• Read Section on Exemplification (LOC pg.20-21)
• As a class, begin reading Francine Prose's essay, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read." This is on pages 89-99 in your textbook, but I have provided copies so you can mark up the text!
• Model- Annotating to find meaning. Looking for Prose's claims and evidence as I read.

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Independent Reading:

• Reading 1 (Pencil) Annotate in margins regarding Prose's claims and evidence.
• Small Group Discussion- Discuss with one another the claims Prose makes. What evidence does she offer to support her claims?

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Small Group Reading:

Reading 2 (Pen or highligher color 1) Answer questions from handout by writing annotations in the margins.

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Homework

Reading 3 (Pen or highlighter color 2) Read LOC pg.13-17. Divide Prose's essay, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read," into sections according to the "classical model."